CVE-2025-4231PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface
- 8.6HighCVSS base score
- 0.99%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user. The attacker must have network access to the management web interface and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber |
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | High8.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.99% · top 37% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW
- unaffected All – < 6.3.3
- unaffected 11.2.0
- unaffected 11.1.0
- affected 11.0.0 – < 11.0.3
- affected 10.2.0 – < 10.2.8
- affected 10.1.0
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access
- unaffected All
What to do
Solution: Version Minor Version Suggested Solution PAN-OS 11.2 No action needed.PAN-OS 11.1 No action needed. PAN-OS 11.0* 11.0.0 through 11.0.2 Upgrade to 11.0.3 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.0 through 10.2.7 Upgrade to 10.2.8 or later. PAN-OS 10.1Upgrade to 10.2.8 or 11.0.3 or later.All older unsupported PAN-OS versions Upgrade to a supported fixed version. *PAN-OS 11.0 has reached EoL. We listed it here for completeness because a patch for PAN-OS 11.0 was released before it reached EoL. If you are still using any vulnerable EoL versions, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to a supported fixed PAN-OS version.
Workaround: Recommended mitigation—The vast majority of firewalls already follow Palo Alto Networks and industry best practices. However, if you have not already, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your management interface according to our https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 * Palo Alto Networks official and detailed technical documentation: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices
Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
References
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Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-18223 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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